Make no mistake: post-season hockey is different. When Ottawa Senators defenseman Eric Gryba leveled Lars Eller of the Canadiens in the second period of Thursday night’s Game 1 of the teams’ playoff matchup in Montreal, Habs fans flew into a rage on Twitter. While the bulk of Eller’s bloody injuries seemed to have come as a result of his hitting the ice face first, Gryba’s hit was the catalyst.

After being pulled from a pool of his own blood, Eller was taken off the ice on a stretcher. He was kept at a hospital overnight with a concussion, facial fractures and missing teeth. Eller was released Friday morning.

Gryba was given a five-minute major and a game misconduct for what some felt was a clean hit. Brendan Shanahan and the NHL Department of Player Safety asked that Gryba be available for a phone hearing on Friday afternoon. A suspension could be imminent.

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Canadiens’ winger Brandon Prust is hoping Gryba won’t be suspended so that hockey justice can be administered on ice. Prust also called Sens coach Paul MacLean “…a bug-eyed fat walrus” after MacLean suggested it was a clean hit. Game 2 ought to be something.

Watch the Gryba hit in the graphic video clip below and decide for yourself.